Cyanosis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A condition in which, from insufficient aëration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See cyanopathy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathology, a blue or more or less livid color of the surface of the body, due to imperfect circulation and oxygenation of the blood; the blue jaundice of the ancients.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    symptom   
    Variant
    cyanopathy   
    Hyponym
    raynaud's sign    acrocyanosis   
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